The Chorus/Line is in full swing again at the Belfry on Monday nights.

CABARET May 21 Tickets HERE

We are tackling 3 incredible ensemble pieces, and have begun working on solos, duets and trios from Styne’s catalogue. Email us at gggarts@gmail.com or connect with us through Facebook to let us know you are coming, what your range is, and if you’ve got a piece you want to jump up with, bring that along too.

Chorus/Line/Jule Styne Cabaret

May 21st – Belfry Arts Centre

1291 Gladstone Ave

Doors at 7pm, Music at 8pm

Tickets go on sale May 1st – Belfry Box Office – $15.

Bring Music | Jump Up | Sing Along | Play Diva Tag | Win Prizes

All Musical Theatre. Only Musical Theatre.

Gotta Getta Gimmick

We present the Chorus/Line in the Lobby and Studio of the Belfry on Monday nights. TThis season we have presented the work of composer William Finn, and our current incarnation of the work of Jule Styne, set to be a Cabaret on May 21st.

The Chorus/Line takes place four times per year, for five consecutive weeks in January/February, April/May, September/October and December/January.  After several mondays of workshops learning and working musical theatre songs and scenes, GGG presents a cabaret evening, open to the public, to showcase the work accomplished, and welcomes you to bring a song, sing along, play the musical theatre game Diva Tag, or just sit back and enjoy some of the finest singers in the region.

Here’s a lovely article from our friend Michael D. Reid for Victoria’s TImes Colonist:

Thank you Michael!

Thank you performers and audience!

And special thank you’s to the Belfry Theatre, Michael Shamata, Rebecca Hass, Holly Vivian, Steph Sartore, Greg Smith and Mark Riishede.

To keep posted on all our happenings, like our FB page here:

Up next, we celebrate classic Broadway with our look at the work of Jule Styne – composer of Bells Are Ringing, Funny Girl, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Gypsy!

Jule Styne

To be involved, like our FB page here: here to stay tuned for details.

Finn is probably the most autobiographical of all music theatre writers and his most prominent work includes March of the Falsettos (1981), Falsettoland (1990), A New Brain (1998), Elegies (2003) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005). In his musicals, Finn tackles tough, modern issues including overbearing mothers, gay parents, brain tumors and the AIDS crisis in an always funny, always touching style.

Stick around for Act 2 of the Chorus|Line|Cabaret, when the stage is turned over to the audience. Bring your sheet music, jump up and sing, play Diva Tag, win prizes, or sit back and take it all in.

Includes two intermissions.

Buy Tickets here

We are thrilled to celebrate the wonderful music of William Finn this time around.  Finn is probably the most autobiographical of all music theatre writers and his work often deals with relationships, family and parents.  Along with a handful of songs from his lesser known shows, we will be assembling casts for mini suites featuring material from March of the Falsettos (1981) which dealt with gay parents before the phrase had entered pop culture, Falsettoland (1990) the first musical to deal with AIDS and give us insight into the modern meaning of family,  A New Brain (1998) largely written while Finn himself was in hospital and The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005).

f you’d like to be involved, please email us by January 29 for more info.

Email brad@gggarts.org to confirm.

FRINGE MOB – Victoria’s Worst Kept Secret!
…
August 23, 2011 – at 7:46pm,
Centennial Square

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

Post your pics/vids on Facebook Gotta Getta Gimmick

 CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

Special Thanks to :

Jacques Lemay, Stephanie Geehan, Stephanie Sartore, Lindsay Robinson, Madeline Hunter, Kurt Krebs, Andrew Barrett, Natalie Soulodre, Suzanne Starkiewicz, Jesse Setka, Kai Barker, Phillip Peirce & Leanne Allen, Culture Vulture Victoria & Martial Media, The Belfry Theatre, Intrepid Theatre, The Zone 91.3, the City of Victoria, Mike Reid, All the Venue Hosts, Michelle Chowns, Sammie Gough, Megan Newton, Janet Munsil, Ian Case and everyone who came out and danced! We could not have done this without you!!

Gotta Getta Gimmick and Intrepid Theatre are hosting a FLASH MOB at the Fringe 1986 PROM Dance Party to celebrate 25th Anniversary of Intrepid Theatre and the Victoria Fringe. Come to the Fringe Prom (A Free Fringe Fest Event) and join the Fringe Mob!

Celebrated choreographer Jacques Lemay has choreographed a dance to a mix of the top 4 songs from 1986 (A Special Song Mix created by the Zone FM). Gotta Getta Gimmick has gathered a gaggle of actors to make instructional videos, and go around doing rehearsals in Victoria – the GGG Fringe Mobsters. Culture Vulture and Martial Media shot the videos, and will be filming the flash mob in Centennial Square.

You will be there – dancing – with hundreds of other Prom Kings & Queens in what will be Victoria’s largest flash mob ever – FRINGE MOB!

WHERE: Centennial Square
WHEN: August 23, 2011 – 7:46pm
DRESS CODE: 1986 Prom (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS:

VIDEOS – There is a series of PART Videos at www. culturevulturevictoria.com

PART 1: Semi Advanced*
PART 2: Novice*
PART 3: Fun
PART 4: Easy
PART 5: Straight Shot
PART 6: Introduction Music Video – THIS ONE IS THE BEST!

DOWNLOAD the Fringe Mob Song and rehearse sans video by going to:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ap40yp

*NOTE: Do not click the green flashing “Download Button”. Wait for the page to fully load and click the “download from sendspace” link.

or listen to Peter Gabriel, the Bangles, Prince and Wang Chung in a special mix by The Zone here:

FringeMob Song

DOWNLOAD THE INSTRUCTIONS for each of the Parts:

Part 3 – Fringe Mob

Part 4 – Fringe Mob

Download a Fringe Mob Poster to put up where you live.

FACEBOOK -Join the Victoria Fringe Mob Group & The Victoria Fringe Mob Event (not on facebook? – no problem, see below)

RSVP to each PART Event as you learn it. Learn one part, learn two parts. We recommend you learn the ending for sure, cause it is so fun.

REHEARSALS around Victoria that are free to come to will be posted as Events on our Facebook Group, as well as online at the fringe website. Take a break from your day, and come down to learn the dance from Stephanie and the Fringe Mobsters.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS – join the PART Events for special instructions, updates, rehearsal dates and locations, and to meet fellow dancers.

TEAM CHALLENGE – Get a group of your friends, co-workers, family, or whoever together, send us your team name and info, and we will post it! Come together dressed up for the Prom and rock out like it’s 1986!

SHARE – Help us make this the biggest flash mob in Victoria EVER – and the most cool and styling. Post pics of what you are gonna wear, or your dance rehearsal, or whatever – get out there in the sun and start moving to Peter Gabriel, The Bangles, Prince and Wang Chung

HOST YOUR OWN REHEARSAL PARTIES – Let us know if you’re gonna host your own party to rehearse the Mob. Part 4 can be easily learned and easily taught, and accessed on You Tube from your home, work, phone or tablet. If our mobsters are available, we might even be able to come down and rehearse it with you.

IF YOU WANT MOBSTERS AT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT – let us know and we will show up and teach the masses, do 1986 Costume consultations, and bring extra hairspray. Email vicfringemob@intrepidtheat​re.com with the dates, times, and locations that would work, and we will see what Mobsters are available!

NOT ON FACEBOOK – No problemo. Send us an email to vicfringemob@intrepidtheat​ re.com with the subject line NOT ON FACEBOOK to get workshop information, if you want to access the instructions, book a Mob Rehearsal, or whatever. We’ll email you back right away. Or check out the Fringe Website to see when the rehearsals are.

Cool. See you on August 23, 2011 – 7:46pm in Centennial Square (half way through the Fringe Prom Dance Party, before the Luminara Parade).

GGG Fringe Mob

Free Rehearsals –– In less than an hour you can learn the Fringe Mob!

(it took the Intrepid Volunteers 15 minutes to learn Part 4! Way to go guys!)

–      Please check back for complete current/updated listings and what Parts of the dance we will be rehearsing.

–      Current as of August 12, 2011

Thursday, August 11 –

-        Metro Studio – 7pm

Saturday, August 13 –

-        Moss Street Market – Robert Porter Park – 1pm

-        Beacon Hill Park Water Park (across from the watering can) -3:00pm

Sunday August 14 –

-Centennial Square – 2pm

Monday August 15 –

-        Metro Studio – 1:30pm Part 3 & 4

Tuesday, August 16 –

-        Intrepid Theatre Club – 12:00pm – Part 2, 3, 4

-        The Bay Centre – 6:50pm – Central Courtyard (after hours) – Part 1, 2, 3, 4 (simultaneously)

-Meet in the Bay Centre by the elevator and get a headband for security (we will be there afterhours!!!).

Wednesday, August 17 –

-        Dance Victoria – 3:00pm Part 1, 2, 3, 4 (Simultaneously)

Thursday, August 18 –

-        Langham Court Theatre – 5:30pm Part 3 & 4

Friday, August 19 –

-        Dance Victoria – 12pm – Part 1, 2, 3, 4 (Simultaneously)

-        Centennial Square Lawn on Douglas– 2pm  & 7:30pm Part 3 & 4

Saturday, August 20 –

-        Moss Street Market – Robert Porter Park – 1pm – Part 2, 3, 4

-        Beacon Hill Park near the Petting Zoo – 3:00pm – Part 3 & 4

Sunday, August 21 –

-        Fernwood Community Centre –Tennis Courts -  4pm – Part 3 & 4 (Part 1 & 2 after)

-        Victoria Events Centre – 1pm Part 2, 3 & 4

Monday, August 22 –

-        Victoria Events Centre – 12pm All Parts!

-        Centennial Square – 5pm Part 3 & 4

Tuesday August 23 -

-        Centennial Square -  2-6pm All Parts

-        FRINGE MOB at 7:46pm,

-        Centennial Square

CHOREO COMING SOON – Check back on Saturday!

Chorus/Line is a unique study of ensemble numbers from musical theatre. Begin by coming in and learning the chorus number – there is a new one every week.  Practice your part singing skills, relax and enjoy singing with a group, meet new singers and connect to the chorus and the lines. Stay for a drink, sing that number you always wanted to be in, or try out for a private coaching on the theme. The Chorus/Line is an opportunity to discuss, examine, experience and perform musical theatre.

On the 4th Monday, we open the Lobby of the Belfry to celebrate with everyone, sing our numbers, and share our passion for music theatre. Throw in some prizes, drinks, a piano and some lights, a few singalongs, some party pieces and diva tag – sound like fun?

The Chorus/Line Cabaret is a chance to expose both performers and fans to a full spectrum of musical theatre material, create a new community bringing together aspiring, local and visiting artists, singers, actors and musicians who all love musical theatre, and to educate and develop Victoria’s musical theatre fans.

Join the chorus/line. Mondays – 8pm at the Belfry Arts Centre, 1291 Gladstone Ave.

May 23 | May 30 | June 6 |  Cabaret June 13

By Participating in the Chorus/Line you get:

-3 Chorus/Line Sessions
- $5 Discount on the Cabaret Admission
- Receive Solos & Scenes in the numbers
- Claim a song for the Act 1 Set
- Chance for a Professional Coaching on your piece

Email gimmick@gggarts.org to sign up and get the sheet music.

Limited Space | Bring Your Chops